Record ID: SOM-D953CF
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla dating to the period c.AD 1350 - 1530. The object is flask-shaped with an oval lower part and wide trapezoid neck above ending in an old, irregular, torn break at the top. It is hollow, with one side loop and small traces of a second. The object's lower portion has one side which is smooth and plain and the other side bears traces of a possible pattern. On one side the pattern is a type of elaborated cross or flower with probably a central equal armed cross, the upper arm is unclear, the side and lower arms end in ovals with …
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F3B4A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval or post medieval cast lead alloy cup weight from a set of nested weights, dating to c. AD 1300-1600. The weight was originally open in profile, having a circular base with the sides flaring up to a wider rim. It has been compressed and one side is now folded inwards, although the original base area remains relatively unaffected. The flat rim surface itself is decorated with a motif of repeated raised circles, which continue around the full circumference. No other decoration survives, but a possible attachment point is visible on the flat side, where two circular…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-1130D0
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to c. AD 1350 to 1530. It is flask-shaped in plan with thinned elongated neck that expand slightly toward the mouth and a rounded lower body. The mouth measures 22.8 mm in width and is now squashed. The neck measures 16.4 mm in length. It is covered by multiple horizontal raised lines running across both sides, but more evidently on the front. A sub-triangular suspension loop projects from either side at the juncture of the body and the neck. On one side the loop is squashed backwards. The lower body is decorated on both sides. On the fr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-F76167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead vessel repair (pot mend). It is roughly oval in plan and bullet-shaped with two irregularly shaped outer pieces of oxidised, white-patinated lead, one larger than the other, sandwiching a fragment of the original ceramic pot. The larger lead piece is slightly concave while the smaller piece is domed. The pottery has a bright orange fabric, possibly due to reheating with the mend with abundent coarse sand temper, patinated chert inclusions up to 1mm and occasional rounded ironstone suggesting a greensand derived fabric of local type . The pot mend is 19.6mm long by 18.5mm wid…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsburi Episcopi CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1BA4DA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 1 (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of a petalled flower with the 8 petals reaching the rim. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date. Class: Powell Class 1
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-EF4595
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy token of Powell type 3. The token is circular in plan and is undecorated on the reverse. The front is domed or convex and has a motif of radiating lines or sunburst pattern; approximately half of this has worn away. A lead token with similar radiating lines, which is dated from AD 1675 to 1700, is illustrated in Egan (2005: p170; number 932). However, as the Devon item did not come from a dateable archaeological context, it can only be given a broad date.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EF3C6A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy token of Powell type 3. The token is circular in plan and is flat and undecorated on the reverse. The front is domed or convex and has a motif of radiating lines or sunburst pattern. A lead token with similar radiating lines, which is dated from AD 1675 to 1700, is illustrated in Egan (2005: p170; number 932). However, as the Devon item did not come from a dateable archaeological context, it can only be given a broad date.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F6B526
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base curving in to a neck where it is irregularly torn across. The tear is both across the width and down the length a third of the way across. It is now squashed flat with part of the sides of the neck folded inwards slightly, and a section at the back torn off. One face of the ampulla is decorated with a raised line design of a crown with a hatched lining. The crown is depicted from below with the ends of the curved front edge meeting the curved base of the ampulla to each side with the lining in the p…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruishton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7BA52E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast lead alloy pointed-oval or vesica-shaped seal matrix dating from the medieval period, that is the 13th/14th century. Only the lower half survives. The matrix would have read: [S' I]Oh'IS FIL WALT[ERI] This means it was the Seal of John, Son of Walter. There appears to have been a star or similar in the centre of the matrix and moulded ribs on the reverse. The suspension loop is missing along with the upper part of the matrix. NB: The find was not seen by the FLO. Images and findspot information were kindly supplied by the rally organiser.
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 16th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7B9E05
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy pointed-oval or vesica-shaped seal matrix dating from the medieval period, that is the 13th or 14th century. The matrix is made from cast lead-alloy with a plain reverse and what looks like a broken or damaged suspension loop at the top. The obverse is very worn and scratched; the image in the centre is no longer recognisable but it may have been capital letters or may be a bird. This is a personal seal matrix and probably reads S'IOhIS FIL ROB'TI - The Seal of John, Son of Robert. NB: The find was not seen by the FLO. Images and findspot information were kindly s…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E653B6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast lead alloy seal matrix dating from the late 12th to mid-13th century AD. The seal is circular in plan and discoidal; it has been broken irregularly into two pieces, possibly from a post-discovery attempt to open the object up, which had been folded in situ. It has been decorated on the outer seal face with an indented octofoil, which is surrounded by the legend: SIG' M[A]TILDIS : DE : hOD[...]IA . The location listed on the seal matrix has not been identified. The lead alloy is of an uneven light to medium grey colour, with the darker areas corresponding to along the b…
Created on: Sunday 2nd February 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th September 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-28F323
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead seal matrix, circular and flat with a suspension loop in the centre of the reverse. The central motif is an eight pointed star with a pellet in each section, within a grooved border. The inscription appears to read +S' R'ASEL FILL' . WILL NIChOL'- (Seal of Rasel? son or daughter of William Nichol). The first name has proved difficult to read or decipher, there being no obvious candidate ending in ...asel. There may be another letter between the R and the A, and it is possible that the R may in fact be a P. Apart from this, however, the matrix is easy to read and the nam…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-6B34C7
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy document seal, roughly circular in plan with two ovoid projections at top and bottom that form suspension or attachment loops, only one of which survives intact. The seal has a plain reverse but the front bears a shield, three lions passant on the sinister. The shield sits on a circular field of cross-hatching, bound within a circular, double lined border containing saltires, which is itself bordered by a ring of pellets. The seal probably dates from the 14th century. The shield bears the Arms of England, and although the lions are on the sinister rather than guardant thi…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D74EC6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy spoon knop and part of the stem. The bowl is missing and the stem broken across the width. The stem is bent at the break. The stem has three raised concentric bands around the base of the knop which flares out to a central line before tapering back to the width of the stem which terminates in a rounded knop. It measures 46.5mm in length, 10.3mm in width and 6.9mm in thickness. The knop is a possible proto-acorn style and possibly a variation of a Homer type 'f' which is dated to the 14th Century.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Pennard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-95A346
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly bent and corroded lead-alloy broadly oval object: possibly a part of a medieval cloth seal. Within an abraded border is a crozier in low relief on the upper surface. The other surface is flat, plain and without obvious means of attachment. The crozier is associated with the production of cloth at Malines (modern-day Belgium) (Cf. Egan 1994, 194; refs. 325-326).
Created on: Saturday 4th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
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Record ID: SUSS-AB19E2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead-alloy circular uni-faced token. The token has a raised design of square topped shield with a chequey pattern on one side. The reverse of the token has an raised five petalled flower. Above the shield is a piercing through the token, possibly secondary. It is 22.1mm in diameter, 3.1mm thick and weighs 6.14 grams. A number of familys bore a chequey coat of arms including the locally prominent de Warrene family (in use 1066-1415). Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely. The piercing and use of a coat of a…
Created on: Friday 29th October 2010
Last updated: Sunday 31st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Upper Beeding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-D29885
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead circular uni-faced token. The obverse of the token has a raised design of a four regularly spaced straight lines running from edge to edge and crossing in the centre. The reverse is blank. It is 21.1 mm in diameter, 2.38 mm thick and weighs 4.5 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally, they are therefore hard to date precisely and ones with simple designs like this could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hooe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-CE4556
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular unifaced token (1250-1850 AD). The token has been cast with a raised design of a equal arm cross on the obverse and a flat, undecorated reverse. The token measures 15.8mm in diameter, 1.2mm thick and weighs 1.80 grams. The edges are starting to laminate and crumble away suggesting it has a higher tin content than usual. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date (1250-1850 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chalvington with Ripe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-6FAA75
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead or lead alloy bi-convex decorated spindle whorl of probable Medieval date (1300 – 1650 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan. Both faces have a cast rim around the edge and also a similar rim around the circumference of the inner hole. The central hole is broadly circular and has been cast / set slightly off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 11.3mm. The design on the upper and lower is broadly the same consisting of a series of radiating diagonal lines forming irregular panels. Each panel is decorated with a letter or symbol cast in high relief. The front …
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 15th April 2010
Spatial data recorded.